Your checklist for viewing the 2018 Perseid meteor shower
…at a dark site and do it very early Monday morning, August 13, 2018, before the sky begins to brighten from the approaching sunrise. The Perseid meteor shower will produce…
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How to find Mars in the sky
…curious to see Mars in the night sky, this is what to look for: 1) Mars is currently very bright. Now (July 27, 2018) and for a number of weeks to come, Mars…
Never agree to marry the northern lights (and other life lessons from Valentine sky stories)
…10, 2018, 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2018, 7 p.m. AND 8:30 p.m. These shows are for adults only, please (older teens welcome). We recommend buying tickets online in advance. All…
Carolina Skies: Valentine’s edition 2018
…8:30 p.m. Saturday, February 10th, 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 14th, 7 p.m. Wednesday, February 14th, 8:30 p.m. Tickets are buy one get one free on Friday, February 9th for students…
“Super blood moon?”
…Moon will have already set. Moonset times do vary a bit by location, by the way. You can check your moonset time at the US Naval Observatory site. For Chapel Hill,…
The arrival of winter: Fly me to the Moon
…Lights Event (sign up soon, tickets are going fast!) * Those in the southern hemisphere will experience the summer solstice, the beginning of summer and the longest day of the year….
Tips for viewing the 2017 Geminid meteor shower
December 21, 2017 By Amy Sayle This week offers you an opportunity for a sky show at a reasonable hour. One of the best meteor showers of the year –…
Morehead hosts star-studded Jupiter Ball
…Senior Director of Community Relations at Cary, NC-based analytics company SAS Institute Inc., for her continued support of STEM education. Goodnight serves on a number of boards committed to education,…
Can’t get eclipse glasses? You can still view the eclipse!
…Morehead’s Carolinas Solar Eclipse Party webpage. The direct link is https://moreheadplanetarium.org/sites/default/files/images/EclipseCerealBoxViewer.pdf But it can be even easier than that. You can also do pinhole projection with: 2. A colander. The holes can act like pinhole…
10 things for North Carolinians to know about the eclipse
…Hill’s Back Bar. Also check out NASA’s 2017 eclipse site and the American Astronomical Society’s site. The Morehead eclipse page includes a map of eclipse events in the Carolinas, along with links to safety information,…